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Friday's USDA crop report had at least one surprise. (Gary Crawford)

USDA first farmer yield surveys for spring crops like corn, soybeans, and cotton led to adjustments in the August Crop Production forecasts. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

The numbers related to USDA's August cotton production and yield forecasts perhaps were a surprise to market analysts, according to the Agriculture Department's Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)

Despite conflict within its borders, USDA increased its corn production forecast for Ukraine from the previous month. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Grant applications are being accepted nationally for a USDA grazing lands conservation program that in recent years has been offered only by state offices. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey)

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey discusses the history of a conservation program that is making a return to a national scale with a recent announcement of applications for project funding.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey talks about the various partners - private landowners, NRCS field staff and public and private entities – making up collaborative grazing land conservation efforts.

Corn and soybean markets are reacting to lower-than-expected planted acres numbers in USDA's Acreage report. (Gary Crawford. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer. Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, with an overview of the acreage numbers for soybeans.

The White House is highlighting the growing threat posed by wildfires. (Stephanie Ho and President Biden)